[hinckley buzzard]

I dunno. I visited Yellowstone and Grand Tetons this summer and they have done a pretty remarkable job of balancing the need for human amenity with the natural scenic beauty. Then again I saw a documentary on the original development of Yosemite when it was basically in private hands--pretty squalid outcome.

The simple fact about Natural Parklands is that most will be in the West, because that is where the open land is. Yellowstone is three times the size of Rhode Island--the scales in the East are just different.

We should be discriminating too in our alarm about "master plans." Yellowstone had a master plan approved in 1972, to remove all auto traffic, replace roads with "people movers," and the like. None of that ever happened.

[editor-surveyor]

>> “Yellowstone had a master plan approved in 1972, to remove all auto traffic, replace roads with “people movers,” and the like. None of that ever happened.” <<

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It will.

For Yosemite, they plan to block out all cars, and there is no plan for parking at the entrance either.